The 3 runs in the first half included a 20 yard run by Cobb. Leaving Benson with 2 per.
Whenever Benson got the ball, he got little or nothing. Including the dump off passes.
Originally Posted by: Dexter_Sinister
What was Rodgers numbers that first half? 58 yards on 27 passes...hey, 2 yards per attempt!
On the TD scoring drive, other than the TD run, Benson had 2 runs for -3 yards in the other 16 plays. You can give him credit for the TD run, but giving him any credit for the running game making being the difference is total BS.
Dexter_Sinister wrote:
Benson: 10 rushes for 49 yards in the 3rd quarter, and we have drives of 70 and 66 yards.
You are saying the only adjustment they made in the second half was running the ball. Not in protecting Rodgers better.
Dexter_Sinister wrote:
No, I didn't. Please don't put words in my mouth.
What I said was running the ball helped our OL protect Rodgers better by not letting the DL, etc tee off on the QB like they did in the first half, when we abandoned the run. Which helped our passing game in the second half.
Running in the 4th quarter didn't help us generated a critical first down. So you can say "if" all you want to conjecture how effective more running might have been. But when they really needed the yards, running DID let them down. No ifs about it.
Dexter_Sinister wrote:
I did not say the running game won the game for us. Or that all we should do is run the ball. Or that we should have run the ball more in the second half. Or that we should become primarily a running team.
What I said was that our lack of balance on offense in the first half made it easier on the D to concentrate on and shut down our passing game (58 yards passing) because McCarthy abandoned the run without having even seen if we could run it against Seattle (1x carry first quarter, 2x 2nd quarter= abandoned in my book). Result = 0 points, 58 yards passing, 82 yards total offense in the first half.
Scoring drives first half = 0 out of 5. Scoring drives second half = 3 out of 4.